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Days of Disorientation

21/8/2011

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I'm quite tired now. It's Saturday night, and I have just returned to my house after an afternoon in San José and watching an Argentinian movie without subtitles. Luckily, my American friend Elizabeth and I were accompanied by César from Mexico and Tito from Spain who willingly translated and explained what happened.

Wednesday was the first day of orientation at UPEACE. As overwhelming as it was to meet about 150 new people from all over the world, it has been three interesting, fun and exhausting days.

Since the last post, I have: taught some newbies to throw a frisbee, planted the seed for a local Peace Film Festival, bought a blazer for 10 colones (around 2 U.S. cents), partied, bought my lamp (but not yet a bulb, had a conversation in Vietnamese, spent a small fortune on taxis, tried both pizza places in Ciudad Colón, gone to see a Korean string quartet from Germany, witnessed an elementary school band and a samba group in the same day, eaten a bunch of rice and beans, and today I managed to hunt down an Asian store in San José where I could buy Vietnamese rice paper and fish sauce.

As a special service, I will elaborate on one (01) of the experiences mentioned above. Leave a comment and let me know which one tickles your curiosity.
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Astrid
21/8/2011 06:54:16 am

Blazer. Definitely blazer. Including a photo. That or your rice-and-bean-experience (which I'm sure you'll have plenty more of).

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Monner
23/8/2011 11:31:56 pm

I agree. Blazer. But I would also like to hear about the taxis and the Vietnamese food. That's three (03) wishes, I know.
Do you love lamp?

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Vinh link
4/10/2011 02:50:42 pm

Sorry, almost forgot about this.

Right, the blazer. Last year's UPEACE students left a bunch of stuff behind and decided to donate it to a kind of auction where the money would go to an emergency student fund. I bid on a few items (such as a suction cup clock and a few meters of Spanish caution tape) and the dark blazer that almost fit me perfectly was mine for only 10 Colones.

There you go, not the most interesting of stories ...

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Custom Mirrors Kansas link
2/11/2022 04:16:48 pm

Hello, nice blog

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